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The White House is Right: It’s Time for Schools to Invest in Student Success

Pamela Cantor, Eric Tucker
Mar 2, 2022

Pamela Cantor and Eric Tucker underscore the need to show up for every learner's well-being within and beyond schools.

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K12 Climate Action: A Step Towards a Greener Future

Mason Pashia
Mar 2, 2022

A recent education forum from Harvard Graduate School of Education focused on how the education sector can be a force toward climate solutions and environmental justice.

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Student Voice and Co-Leadership: What They Mean to Students

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Mar 1, 2022

Three seniors at Crosstown High share how their uniquely student-driven high school experience created a foundation for their futures.

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Robo-Writers, Translators, Chatbots: Developments in NLP and What it Means for Education

Rachelle Dené Poth
Feb 28, 2022

Rachelle Dené Poth explains Natural Language Processing and the impact it has on education.

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We Shall Overcome: The Social Emotional Impact of the Pandemic and Racial Injustice on Students of Color

Antonio Boyd
Feb 25, 2022

Antonio Boyd reflects on Black History Month and the social emotional impact on students of color.

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Personalized Storage in Schools

Randy Fielding
Feb 24, 2022

Randy Fielding explores the changing needs to give students personal storage in school, and the solutions can have surprising benefits.

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Tom Vander Ark
Feb 23, 2022

Tom Vander Ark highlights the Pandemic Pods and the Future of Education report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).

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Amplifying Student Voice to Design the Vision for Learning

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Feb 22, 2022

The iterative process of launching a microschool is challenging, but continuously engaging student voice in the process can elevate student learning and create shared ownership in a vision for learning.

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Kicking off 2022 with the Future of Educational Technology Conference

Rachelle Dené Poth
Feb 21, 2022

Rachelle Dené Poth recaps her experience at the 2022 Future of Educational Technology Conference.

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NFT in Edu: What Does the Future Hold?

Rachelle Dené Poth
Feb 18, 2022

What are NFTs and how will they reshape the future of education? Rachelle Dené Poth explores in this post.

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